Rein-holder.



No. 676,!33. Patented June`||',1|9(ll.'v

W. E. HILL. ,rmalrrfuoLuElz.V

(Appliedifm tiled Feb. 26, 1901.)

(No Model.)

A nom/Er UNITED STATES I PATENT" OFFICE.

WILLIAM E. HILL, OF EVANT, TEXAS.

REIN-HOLDER.

SPEGIFIGATEGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 676,133, dated June 11 1901.

Application iled February Z6, 1901. Serial No. 48,891. (No model.)

.To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. HILL, a citi zen of the United States, residing at Evant, in the county of Ooryell and State of Texas, have'iuvented certain new and useful Improvements Rein-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse. the same.

This invention relates to an improvement in rein-supports, and more particularly to that style of support designed to be attached to the forward part of a buggy or vehicle adjacent the dashboard thereof.

The invention has for its primary object the provision of a support which may be adjusted to different elevations or may be totally collapsed for storing when the same is not in use.

Another object of the` invention relates to a novel fastening meansfor retaining the va'- rious sections in adjusted positions. l

Other improved details will be apparent from the detailed description hereinafter and the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings an embodiment of the invention is shown for the purposes of illustration, and when referring to the same like letters of reference will refer to corresponding parts in the several view s.

Figure 1 is an elevation of the holder in its extended or operative position adjacent the dashboard of a vehicle. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the device in collapsed or stored position, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line X X of Fig. l.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, A designates the ordinary dashboard of a buggy or other vehicle, and B the holder secured to the same. of the three tubular telescopic sections b 29'122, each of these sections from the bottom to the top gradually decreasing in diameter, so as to be capable of sliding the one wit-hin the other, as will be readily apparent. The collapsed or stored position of the holder is shown in Fig. 2 and the extended or operative position in Fig. l. That the sections may be suitably locked in extended position and may be capable of various adjustments I provide on the exterior surface of each of the same an board, as bestseen in Fig. 2.

The holder is composed.

elongated toothed strip C. These strips extend longitudinallybf therespective sections and are secured thereto by rivets or otherwise. Near the upper ends of the sections b bsuitable openings c c' are provided, through which are adapted to work the engaging portions d of pawls D, said engaging portions in operative positions projecting beneath the'teeth of the racks in an obvious manner. The pawls are in turn locked in position by the screwthreaded adjusting-bolts d' passing through the extended portions d2 thereof and adapted to impinge thesurface of the sections. Interloclring tongues H and grooves H prevent any turning of the sections. i

At the extreme upper end of the top section and to the respective sides thereof are the spring-guides E, through cach of which one rein is adapted to pass.

To confine the support in position adjacent the dashboard, suitable fingers F are secured near the upper end of the lowermost section,

so as to engage the upper edge4 of the dash- The lower portion of this section passes through any one of the suitable recessed portions g of the elongated binding-strip Gr, extending across the dashboard and held in position upon the same and clamping the lower portion of the section by the screw-threaded bolts g'. Washers fi t" serve to cushion a section and prevent noise andjar when collapsing the same.

From'the above it will be apparent that a simple and eiiicient holder is provided, which may be'readily attached and detached when desired and which when not in use may be collapsed into the least possible space.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

l. A rein holder comprising a suitable standard, means for adjusting the same vertically, and means for securing theA same to a dashboard comprising n gers on the standard adapted to engage over the upper edge of the dashboard, a recessed binding-strip extending across the standard and dashboard, and means engaging the opposite ends of said strip to bind the same to the dashboard, substantially as described.

2. A rein-holder comprising a series of tubular telescopic sections, guides at the upper IOO end of the upper section and means for ad'- justing thevarious sections vertically com- `prising toothed racks on the exterior surfaces thereof, pawls on some of the sections adapted to engage the teeth of the racks on the adjacent sec-tions and means for retaining the pawls in adjusted positions, substantially as described.

3. A rein-holder comprising a series of tubular telescopic sections, guides at the upper end of one of the sections, means on the lower section for at tachmentto'a dashboard, inter- In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM E. HILL.

Vitnesses G. E. TERRY, J. T. DEMPSVTER.' 

